Abstract: The file contains a letter sent by the Consul and Political Agent, Muscat to the Secretary to the Government of India, Foreign Department, Simla in which he reports on his interview with the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the latter’s proposal to abdicate in favour of his son Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal al-Bu Sa‘idi.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 7; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This volume concerns the political situation in the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, following the death of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd], on 5 October 1913, and the accession of his son, Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr bin Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd]. The main topic of discussion is Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal's request that the British Government officially recognise him as Sultan.The volume's principal correspondents are the following: Major Stuart George Knox, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of Muscat and Oman.The Arabic language material mainly consists of correspondence received by the Political Agent from Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal. The French language material consists of correspondence between the Political Agent and the French Consul at Muscat.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 41; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This file relates to the position of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the commemoration of the bicentenary (written as 'bi-centinary' on the file's cover) of the formation of the Al bu Said [Āl Bū Sa‘īd] dynasty.Notable correspondents include the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd]; the Government of Muscat and Oman's Minister for Foreign Affairs; officials of the India Office and the Government of India.The correspondence includes discussion of the following: the question of how the Sultan should be addressed in official correspondence; the selection of the Sultan's successor; the announcement of the birth of the Sultan's son [Qaboos Āl Bū Sa‘īd] in early December 1940; the precise date of the bicentennial of the Al bu Said dynasty; arrangements for the issuing of commemorative postage stamps for the bicentenary; requests from various correspondents for commemorative stamps; scheduled geological exploratory work in Dhofar [Zufār].The Arabic language material consists of correspondence between the Political Agent and representatives of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 239; these numbers are written in pencil and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
Abstract: This file concerns the claim of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] to Fujairah (transliterations vary throughout). The correspondence begins with the reported death of Shaikh Saif bin Hamad ash-Sharqi [Shaikh Saif bin Ḥamad Āl Sharqī], Ruler of Fujairah, on 24 December 1938. The rest of the file concerns the Sultan's claim that the Shaikh of Fujairah is a subject of Muscat.In the file the Political Agent and Consul at Muscat reports that he has received from the Sultan a passport – given by the Muscat Government to Shaikh Saif bin Hamad's brother and successor, Muhammad bin Hamad – so that the Political Agent may grant a visa for Muhammad bin Hamad's passage to Bahrain. The remaining correspondence is concerned with how the Political Agent should respond, since it is suspected that the granting of a visa would amount to the British recognising the Sultan's claim.The principal correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman.The Arabic language material consists of a letter received by the Political Agent from the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (an English translation is included).Physical description: Foliation: the main foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 20; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-18; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
Abstract: This file concerns reported attempts by neighbouring rulers and authorities to interfere with the affairs of Kalba, following the death of the Shaikh of Kalba.The correspondence contains reports of an attempt by Shaikh Rashid bin Ahmad of Dibba [Shaikh Rashīd bin Aḥmad Āl Qasimī] to install himself as Shaikh of Kalba, and a report of the Shaikh of Ras al Khaimah having attempted to do the same. The correspondence also discusses the reported murder of two men at Kalba, one of whom is stated as being a subject of Muscat, and the response from the Muscat authorities.The principal correspondents are the following: the Political Agent and Consul, Muscat; the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].The Arabic language material consists of letters between the Political Agent and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman (English translations are included).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 34, these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: The file is a précis of correspondence related to affairs at Zanzibar between the years 1856 and 1872, prepared by Captain Philip Durham Henderson of the Foreign Department in the Government of India. The contents of the précis, which includes reports from Christopher Palmer Rigby, the British Consul at Zanzibar, and Sir William Marcus Coghlan, relate to: the death in 1856 of the Sultan of Muscat Syed Saeed [Sa‘id bin Sulṭān al-Sa‘id] without a direct heir; the succession struggle between Syed Thoweynee [Thuwaynī bin Sa‘id al-Sa‘id] and Syed Majid [Sa‘id Majid bin Said al-Sa‘id]; British arbitration in the dispute; succession arrangements at Muscat and Zanzibar; the slave trade between Zanzibar and Muscat. The précis is organised into six chapters (labelled I to VI), as follows:I – Events preceding the arbitration by the Government of India;II – Arbitration of the Government of India;III – Proceedings subsequent to the arbitration relating to the question of subsidy;IV – Events at Zanzibar from the arbitration to the death of Syed Majid;V – Events in Zanzibar from the death of Syed Majid;VI – Slave Trade.The contents page lists four appendices (labelled A to D) that are not included in this copy of the précis.Physical description: Foliation: The foliation for this description commences at f 81, and terminates at f 137, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right hand corner of the recto side of each folio. An additonal foliation sequence is also present in parallel between ff 6-192; these numbers are also written in pencil but, but are not circled, and can be found in the same position as the main sequence.Pagination: The file also contains an original printed pagination sequence 1-105.
Abstract: Demi-official letters from Colonel John Allen Wright, Political Agent, Haraoti on the state of Meywar [Mewār] affairs following the death of Maharana Shunbao Singh [Shambhu Singh].The letters discuss the circumstances of the Maharana's death and claims that his death was as a result of witchcraft; the potential successors to the throne and the difficulties in removing one of the claimants to the throne from Oodeypore [Udaipur, Mewar].Physical description: Foliation: The file has been foliated in the front top right hand corner of each folio with a pencil number enclosed in a circle.Binding: The contents of the file had been tied together with red and yellow thread and within the file each individual letter had been tied together with string. All of these ties have since been removed for conservation purposes and can be found at the rear of their relevant letters/file.
Abstract: Letter and Enclosure to HM Secretary of State for India, dated 27 December 1871, concerning the formal recognition of Syud Toorkee [Sayyid Turkī bin Sa‘īd Āl Bū Sa‘īd] as Ruler of Muscat.The main correspondents are Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf; and Major Edward Charles Ross, Political Agent and Consul, Muscat.The papers record that the Political Agent, the officers of HMS
Bullfinch, and 'all the English gentlemen at present in Muscat' were received by the new Sultan, and that a twenty-one gun salute was fired by the
Bullfinch.The papers also contain a copy of a letter from Syud Toorkee.Physical description: 1 item (4 folios)
Abstract: This part of the volume consists of copies of enclosures to a despatch from the Government of Bombay Secret Department to the Secret Committee, Number 95 of 1848, dated 11 November 1848. The enclosures, which are numbered 3-4 and dated 15 September and 10 October 1848 respectively, concern affairs in Persia [Iran].The first enclosure (No. 3) consists of copies of despatches from HM Chargé d'Affaires to the Court of Persia [Iran] (Lieutenant Colonel Francis Farrant) to HM Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Lord Palmerston), received under flying seals by the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay. The despatches in No. 3 are numbered 77-79 and are dated 4 to 6 September 1848. They include copies of enclosed correspondence (some of which is in French, with English translations) between Farrant and the Persian Prime Minister [Sadr-i A'zam], Hajee Meerza Aghassee [Haji Mirza ('Abbas Iravani) Aqasi] and others. The despatches concern the illness of the Shah [Mohammad Qajar], his death, and opposition within the Court to the Prime Minister following the death of the Shah.The second enclosure (No. 4) is a letter from the Resident in the Persian Gulf (Major Samuel Hennell) to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Bombay (Arthur Malet) forwarding despatches [not included in this item] from Farrant announcing the death of Mahomed Shah and the 'prospect of the peaceful and quiet succession' of the heir apparent, Nassir-oo-deen [Naser al-Din Shah Qajar].Physical description: There is an abstract of contents of the despatch, numbered 1-4, on folio 139. These numbers are repeated for reference on the verso of the last folio of each enclosure.
Abstract: Part of a letter from Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], to Alexander Stratton, HM Minister Plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire, sent from Bagdad and dated 9 August 1802.The letter describes events following the death of Soliman Pasha Pasha [Büyük Sulaymān Pāshā, Governor of Baghdad] and the nomination of Ally Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] as successor in the context of threats to Bagdad from the Wa-ha-bies [Wahhābī movement] and Persia [Iran]. Jones suggests that the Porte [Government of the Otttoman Empire] assert its authority in Bagdad by appointing Eusoof Pasha [Yūsuf Ẓīa al-Dīn Pāshā, Grand Vizier to the Ottoman Sultan] as Pasha of Bagdad.The first part of this letter can be found in IOR/L/PS/9/76/261.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: This item contains copies of two letters:1. A letter from Lord Elgin, HM Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Bonyakdere [Büyükdere] and dated 21 October 1802. Elgin reports discussions with Ottoman Ministers concerning: the nomination of Ally Pacha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] as Governor of Bagdad; relations with Persia [Iran]; proposed accommodation with or actions against the Wa-ha-by [Wahhābī movement]; suspicions regarding the relations of the Imaum [Imam] of Muscat with the Wa-ha-by; and Russian activity in the Caucasus and Caspian Sea.2. A letter from Harford Jones to Lord Elgin, sent from Bagdad and dated 29 November 1802. The letter covers subjects including: a planned Ottoman diplomatic mission to Persia; the need for action against the Wa-ha-bies; a truce between the Imaum of Muscat and the Wa-ha-bies; French activity in Muscat; and Russian activity in the Caucasus.Physical description: 1 item (6 folios)
Abstract: This item contains copies of three letters:1. An extract of a letter from Peter Tooke, Agent of the East India Company in Constantinople [Istanbul], to Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], sent from Constantinople and dated 6 September 1802. Tooke forwards reports that Ally Pasha [‘Alī Pāshā al-Kahyah] is the favoured candidate for appointment as Governor of Bagdad.2. A letter from Haford Jones to Peter Tooke, sent from Bagdad and dated 28 September 1802. Jones asks Tooke to take any opportunity to press Ally Pasha’s cause in Constantinople, and asks Tooke for information on how to procure money in Constantinople.3. A letter from Harford Jones to Peter Tooke, sent from Bagdad and dated 1 October 1802. The letter concerns arrangements for procuring money in Constantinople and stresses the importance of Ally Pasha’s appointment as Governor of Bagdad to secure public order.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)